June 5, 2005

Fangoria Weekend of Horrors, Burbank, California, June 5th, 2005 at the Burbank Marriot

No one is better at working a crowd then Bruce Campbell. And this afternoon was no exception. He came out with a handful of posters to his latest film The Man With The Screaming Brain. “How many of these other losers are charging you for their autographs! I’m the only guest that’s gonna GIVE you stuff for free! Who spent the most money here?” Immediately, the crowd started shouting out different numbers as to how much they spent over the course of the weekend. “$2000, Bruce!” “$2000? What’d you spend $2000 on, sir.” “An Evil Dead guitar!” Bruce throws this fan a skeptical look … “Come on up here. Let me see that. We’re going to have us a little unplugged session here folks.” The guy with the Evil Dead guitar rightfully earns himself a free poster.

“Who else in here deserves a poster!?” A little boy right behind me raises his hand. “I do, because Evil Dead was the first movie I ever saw.” Again, with a skeptical look, Bruce says …”Evil Dead was the first movie you ever saw? … How old are you?” “I’m nine.” “Are those you’re parents sitting right next to you? Because… they should be in JAIL! But come on up here!” …

I could go on and on with the back and forth banter between Bruce and his fans. But instead we’ll cut to the main questions. On Bubba Nosferatu? “The DVD did really well for MGM, so I think we’ll get to do another one. But Sony just bought MGM, so I guess when everyone figures out whose desk is who, we’ll do it.” On the Evil Dead remake? “Well, I can tell you it’ll be scary. And… that’s it. It’ll be scary. I don’t know. I may be in it as the old guy at the store that tells these kids, ‘Ya know. you shouldn’t go out into those woods. …I would know!’ Speaking of, who would you wanna see in that movie? I say Ashton Kutcher.” The audience boos. “Oh, come on. Wouldn’t you want to see him covered in blood for an hour and a half? Yeah, pal. YOU’RE punked!” On Evil Dead 4? “Gee, let’s call up Sam and find out. Oh, he says he’s working on this little film called Spider-Man 3. So, sometime after that… Then sure, we’ll make it.” On Spider-Man 3? “Well, in the first one I named him. In the second one, I defeated Spider-Man. Let’s be very clear about that. So, in the third I’m just going to BE Spider-man. No, honestly I don’t know yet, but I’m sure my role will be just as important as it was in the first two.” After a barrage of questions, Bruce went to the side of the stage and signed autographs for fans. Apparently, no pictures were allowed at his table, but I still managed to get this one pic below.

*All photos by Robert V. Galluzzo and property of Icons Of Fright.com